Obviously, there are a few ways to look at this story. The best, I think, is simply to watch the video and marvel at the moment the yet-to-be-named cop realizes he’s on tape. You don’t have to be an expert lip reader to appreciate the guilty reaction.

However, there are other lenses to view PissGate through. Predictably, the video inspired a discussion within the Seattle Weekly newsroom, with a simple majority siding with the officer and the age-old adage, “When you gotta go, you gotta go.”

Is a peeing cop a huge deal? Certainly not. But it seems worth pointing out that for the homeless, even the call of nature has often become criminalized, and there’s no doubt this peeing cop - no matter how unexpectedly his Monster Energy Drink ran through him - could have found a legal place to do his business. That’s a luxury many homeless people simply don’t have.